Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
You are portuguese? live there, hail from there, grew up there?
Yes, born in Lisbon, allways lived here, first in Lisbon, now on the other
side of the river, in Almada.
Always was interesting in that land, as well as Spain. last home of the Neandertals.
I think some still live here, you should see one
of my neighbours.
How did these two countries end up with such different languages (that sound so similar) and so much power over history?
The languages
are not that different, any Portuguese can understand Spanish and any Spanish can understand Portuguese, if they want to (that is the difficult
part).
PS: sorry for the off-topic, but for most people on ATS I am an alien critter.